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USAV FS-313


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American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USAV FS-313 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Laid down, circa 1944, as the Design 381 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-313 for the US Army at John H. Mathis & Company, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched in 1944
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, circa late May 1944
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps
  • Commissioned USAV FS-313, 2 July 1944, LTjg J.F.W. Anderson, USCGR, in command
  • USAV FS-313 departed New York on 20 August 1944 for Los Angeles, towing QS-53
  • 24 October 1944 she was withdrawn from her Hawaii assignment and her Coast Guard crew was detached at Los Angeles
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Sold, date unknown owner unknown, named Betsy Ross homeported at Astoria OR.
  • Acquired at Vanuatu, circa 2022
  • Current Disposition, being restored as a floating museum at Vanuatu.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 557 gross tons
    Length 177'
    Beam 32'
    Draft 14'
    Speed 12 kts
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two 500hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws
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    Photos from the film "The Boat That Wouldn't Die"    		 Tommy Trampp
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    300731310    		 91k Ex-USAV FS-313 moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Shipspotting.com    		 Tommy Trampp
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